Abstract

MORTATTI, Maria do Rosario Longo  and  TOTTI, Marcelo Augusto. Children’s Literature according to Fernando de Azevedo. Cad. Hist. Educ. [online]. 2019, vol.18, n.3, pp.767-789.  Epub Jan 17, 2020. ISSN 1982-7806.  https://doi.org/10.14393/che-v18n3-2019-11.

Although different aspects of Fernando de Azevedo's work and career (1894-1974) have been the object of studies that show his decisive contributions to sociology, education and culture in Brazil, his reflections on children's literature remain unexplored. In order to contribute to the understanding of this aspect of this eminent Brazilian intellectual’s work, this paper analyzes the textual configuration of the essay “A literatura infantil numa perspectiva sociológica” [Children’s literature from a sociological perspective], published in 1952 in the Sociologia journal, of the São Paulo School of Sociology and Politics, and republished in the 3rd edition, 1953, of the book A educação e seus problemas [Education and its problems] (Melhoramentos). This analysis is based on the hypothesis that there is a relationship between this essay and the (political) project of educational renewal in Brazil and the history of Brazilian sociology, education and production on children's literature, in which the essay is considered a classic.

Keywords : Fernando de Azevedo; Children’s literature; History of education.

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